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America Rises to the Challenge in STEM Education

Has America risen to the challenge of providing critical STEM education to its students? From all the schools, programs and activities we found, the answer is overwhelmingly "yes"!

In our "Solutions" piece last month, we discussed several methods the USA could employ to build and strengthen its IT workforce. The question is, are any of these methods currently in use? Or coming into being?

There are 2 parts to a workforce rebuild – Education and Jobs. We must ask ourselves:

1. Do we have the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education to train a strong enough workforce?

2. Do we have the jobs for the STEM workforce we do train?

The answer to Question 1 is (overwhelmingly) Yes!

This is a representative list of the STEM education efforts underway in the U.S. right now.

EDUCATION: STEM initiatives are running in schools across the country, in every state at every grade level.

EXTRACURRICULAR: America is also home to the Maker Movement, a collection of groups dedicated to making everything from electronic devices to biomechanics to robotics. "Makers" come from all age groups and regularly runs hands-on workshops.

It’s clear that a lot of attention is going into STEM education & training. More and more young people have the choice of a STEM career, along with everything they need to prepare for it.

Will the jobs be waiting for them? Find out next month, when we address Question 2, “Do we have the jobs for the STEM workforce we do train?”